The Island People of Janitzio (a.k.a. Landing at Patzcuaro)

 

Millard Owen Sheets

  1907 - 1989 (biography)

1983  

7-color lithograph 

17 x 23" image and paper size 

pencil, lower right, within image 

presentation proof, outside the edition of 100. 

presentation proof, lower left in pencil 

Editions Press 523 

Arches Cover Buff 

published 

Northland Press, Flagstaff, AZ, to accompany the deluxe Limited Edition book, "Millard Sheets: One Man Renaissance" 

17639 

$1,500.00 

"The Island People of Jacinto" is also known by the title "Landing at Patzcuaro" in some studies and proofs. The lithograph was commissioned by Northland Press to accompany a special edition of the book "Millard Sheets: One-Man Renaissance", 166 pages with 55 color reproductions, done in an edition of 100 in 1983. This impression was a presentation proof, given to a close friend of the artist.

Isla de Janitzio is the main island of Lake Patzcuaro in the state of Michoacán, Mexico. The town of Janitzio, which means "where it rains", is located atop the hill. Janitzio can only be reached by boats which run regularly back and forth from about 7:30 am to 6 pm, accessible from Pátzcuaro's pier (embarcadero). These boats can be hired to take visitors around other parts of the lake. The town is famous for the butterfly fishermen who are skilled at lowering their butterfly-shaped nets to catch the local famous cuisine "pescado blanco". The butterfly fisherman were also located on the back of the 50 peso Mexican banknote. The island is the subject of Silvestre Revueltas's 1933 composition "Janitzio."